Regular flight connects Grozny and Jeddah
It is possible to get to the Umrah from Chechnya to Jeddah by direct regular flight. Centrum Air has launched transportation.
Hajj
Derbent to host Republican Iftar
Tomorrow, Derbent will host the largest event of this Ramadan - Republican Iftar
Saudi Arabia lifts restrictions on numbers of Hajj pilgrims
Saudi Arabia said Monday it will welcome pilgrims to perform the Hajj pilgrimage with the same numbers as before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The number of pilgrims will return to what it was before the pandemic, without …
Saudi women allowed to perform Hajj without male relative
This year, for the first time, Saudi Arabian women will be able to apply for the Hajj without the obligatory accompanying mahram - a close male relative. According to a publication on the official website of the Saudi Ministry of Hajj …
No one hurt during Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Gainutdin says
During the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia with the participation of Russian Muslims, no incidents occurred, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin, chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation said, starting solemn sermon at the …
Saudi Arabia welcomes one million pilgrims
Around one million Muslim pilgrims on Thursday converged on Saudi Arabia's Mina Valley outside Mecca to begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Coming from all over the world, pilgrims will spend one day and one night in prayer before …
High-tech Hajj
Coming after the worst of Covid-19, this year's Hajj is one of the most significant on record
Saudi Arabia to normalise ties with Israel only after Palestinian issue settlement
Israel and Saudi Arabia are negotiating a deal that would allow Palestinians with Israeli citizenship to fly directly to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj and Umrah religious pilgrimages
Iran discusses Hajj with Saudi Arabia
Iran and Saudi Arabia continue the negotiation process, and now it is focused on the issue of the possibility of a pilgrimage to Mecca for Iranians, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said today. "At the moment, …
Saudi Arabia to allow one million pilgrims
Saudi Arabia has decided to increase the annual number of Hajj pilgrims to 1 million people, the Saudi Press Agency with reference to the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah reports. Not only about the subjects of the kingdom, but also …
Hajj in Mecca during the COVID pandemic
The Hajj once drew some 2.5 million Muslims, but this year just 60,000 people are being allowed to perform it. As Al Jazeera …
Hajj amid pandemic
As few as 1,000 people already residing in Saudi Arabia were selected to take part in the hajj this year
Saudi Arabia issues coronavirus guidelines for pilgrimage
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that 70% of this year’s pilgrims for the Hajj - which will take place from July 28 to August 2 - will be expatriate residents while the remaining 30% are Saudis, the Saudi Press Agency …
Saudi Arabia to bar arrivals from abroad to attend haj
Saudi Arabia said it will bar arrivals from abroad to attend the haj this year due to the coronavirus, allowing only a limited number of Saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage with social distancing measures enforced. …
Mecca and Medina holy sites protected from coronavirus
Saudi Arabia reopened two its holy religious sites, Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Medina, after they were closed for sterilisation to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. It was not clear from the Al-Ekhbariya …
The world scrambles to halt spread of coronavirus
Saudi Arabia bans foreign pilgrims as Japan plans to close schools
Smart tech paves way for ‘holistic Hajj’
Saudi exhibition highlights major advances for growing numbers of pilgrims
More Than Two Million Muslims Begin Hajj Pilgrimage
More than two million Muslims begin on Friday the annual hajj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken by all Muslims with the means at least once in their lives. The hajj, one of the world's largest …
Kazakhstan's 300 hajj-goers leave for Mecca
3,000 Muslims from Kazakhstan will make the hajj to Mecca this year, the Caucasus Ministry of Social Development's press service said. First 300 hajj-goers have already left Almaty for Saudi Arabia, Interfax-Kazakhstan …
Ilyas Umakhanov: "Russia will host biggest parliamentary platform in the world"
The Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which unites parliaments of most states of the world, will open in in St. Petersburg on September 14
